Remote Work Podcast hosted by the Remote Hive

So, this episode of HR Coffee Time is here to help. You’re going to meet Claire in a moment. As countries begin to ease lock down restrictions, a lot of employees want to know what will the post-pandemic workplace look like? For many office workers remote work is here to stay, whether they like it or not.

So we really say to managers, it’s down to them to decide the cadence of those meetings, how frequently they have them, who they’re meeting with. And honestly, we don’t have a problem people are doing that people want to reach out. They’re collaborating, they’re working together. So yeah, touch wood everything’s working okay at the moment. And we started to talk about the impacts of these things – menstruation, how it affects people at work; menopause, how long it goes on for; all the symptoms that people experience.

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And we can actually move on to the other topics. But you just have me completely intrigued, and I want to make the most of the opportunity of having you here. So with the buddy https://remotemode.net/blog/8-remote-work-podcasts-to-check-out-if-you-wfh/ system, how exactly does that work that people get buddied up with someone who’s in the same department with them? Or is it just are they given a bit of a free rein?

• Whereas when we’re all behind screens, I don’t think it’s as easy to pick up on those cues.
• We have a manager community, sounds like a lot of channels, we do we have lots of channels for things, but it’s how we communicate.
• So I think making lots of different channels available for people is really key.
• But you might not be sure how to get started or what will work.
• This break has been fantastic at promoting team bonding and helping with mental wellbeing.
• So I think the pet channel is very popular.

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And it’s really an opportunity to whether it’s a number of thing is recognising success and saying thank you. And there’s probably more communication than I’ve experienced working in an office environment is always that you take it for granted being in the office, that you hear everything that you need to hear. Whereas when you work remotely, I find that people are making more of an effort to communicate, so it’s actually better. I can put a link to the post in the show notes as well, so that for anyone listening, if you want to go and have a look at it, you can see it and see the impact that it had.

It’s primarily by our lovely IT guy, Adam. And it’s an opportunity to ask questions, because you’re not sat next to someone that says, Hey, you can’t just ask them, Hey, how do I do this? But equally, we do have someone from the people team in there. And so because we’re all meeting remotely, I was thinking how can I help build up this connection apart from the group sessions that we have? It’s just whipped cream and a cup but cookie absolutely loves it. So at the end of their induction, they’ve forgotten that they’re working remotely because they’ve been speaking to so many people through through their first couple of weeks.

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So what that means is that they have to talk to each other because they’re all working on the same thing. It’s not about working on your own or working on your own thing. You’re all working towards the same goal. So when we’re working remotely, I think that naturally encourages conversation, it’s not forced, because they all do have that shared goal. So we don’t call our managers managers, we call them squad leads, they are there to guide the conversation and make sure that people are delivering their best. They’re achieving what they need to achieve.

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Because they don’t have to broadcast, “Hey, I’m not feeling great today”, every time they have a meeting. It’s just a really small indicator that people can just recognise really quickly and go, Hey, there’s something going on today. So yeah, a small thing, but definitely has had a huge impact for https://remotemode.net/ us. And I think that’s so important to be able to speak to people outside of your squad or your team. I think that that’s part of the success of the culture it at YuLife that we do a lot of remote events, we’re encouraging connection. It’s not just a, right once a month, we need to do this.

So what that means is that they have to talk to each other because they’re all working on the same thing. It’s not about working on your own or working on your own thing. You’re all working towards the same goal. So when we’re working remotely, I think that naturally encourages conversation, it’s not forced, because they all do have that shared goal. So we don’t call our managers managers, we call them squad leads, they are there to guide the conversation and make sure that people are delivering their best. They’re achieving what they need to achieve.

And now, let me let you get back to the main part of the show. While the pandemic has shown us that flexible working is possible, surviving and thriving are not the same thing. While working from home can reduce company costs, and increase employee productivity, it also increases  employee stress as boundaries become difficult to manage, and there is pressure to always be on. Liam explains how HR leaders can implement a robust Remote Working Methodology that delivers exceptional business performance.